The Culture Jasoos is now going to extend its tentacles to wrap around more than just one film or book in one episode. Think of the podcast as an audio newsletter that in true octopus style is interested in many things at the same time! My roving eye lands on a sports documentary on Netflix (Lift Like a Girl) is a heartwarming Egyptian feature documentary focused on a teenager weightlifter and her relationship with her coach, Coach Ramadan. I talk about a Nigerian Boxing Reality Show (Also on Netflix: AKO, African Knockout) and then remix the present and the past, to recommend a delicious True Crime Series (A Crime to Remember) on Amazon Prime (Via Investigation Discovery.)

Breaking with the pressure to only recommend on-trend stuff (please spare me another review of Lust Stories 2 yawn) I talk about timeless, ageless cinema and artists, rewatching Satya (available on YouTube) on its 25th anniversary, and the little known origin story of one of French New Wave's greatest triumphs: Jules and Jim (By Francois Truffaut - Now playing on Mubi India.) I round out the episode with a mention of artists who inspire me and who share my bday, June babies both - Anthony Bourdain and Antoni Gaudi and why they are artistic badassery continues to live on in our midst. In a world full of easily consumable, easy to digest monuments to distraction I am thankful to find wells of replenishment that predate me and will outlive me.

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